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From wire reports • Sunday April 7, 2013 9:51 AM

Tens of thousands of gallons of radioactive water leaked from a large underground storage pool
at Japan’s crippled nuclear plant, and thousands more gallons could seep out before the pool can be
emptied, the plant’s operator said yesterday.

About 120 tons of highly contaminated water — almost 32,000 gallons — appeared to have breached
the inner protective lining of the pool at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, said the operator, Tokyo
Electric Power Co.

It was unclear how much of the water had made it through two additional layers of lining to
reach soil, but radiation levels outside the pool have risen, a sign that water is getting out,
said the company, known as TEPCO.

TEPCO said the leak appeared to be the biggest since the months after the March 2011 disaster,
when leaks allowed contaminated water to flow into the nearby Pacific Ocean.

TEPCO said it does not expect toxic water from the new leak to reach the sea.